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Written Academic Discourse (Übung I): Critical Writing in Cultural Analysis (LV-Nr. 5250086)
Di 10-12 Uhr , Gruppe 1
Instructor: D. Ball
This course helps students develop the skills and understanding required for the practice of critical academic writing in the field of cultural analysis. Specific features and conventions of language, content, and structure will be analysed using selected essays on cultural topics ranging from literature and the arts to society and identity. Students will be required to put their own critical writing skills into practice via a series of writing, reviewing, and rewriting tasks, with close attention paid to features of academic writing including thesis statements, paragraph cohesion, flow, signalling, argumentation and the use of evidence, formality, citation, and criticality.
Written Academic Discourse (Übung I): Writing Academic Essays (LV-Nr. 5250086)
Fr 10-12 Uhr, Gruppe 2
Instructor: A. Fausser
This course provides students the opportunity to identify, analyze, and practice a variety of skills necessary for writing in academia. The course guides participants through the process of writing an academic essay. Peer review activities will aid participants in honing their skills in terms of language use, vocabulary development, linguistic complexity, academic conventions, register, narrowing a topic, and argumentation. The course addresses further conventions of academic writing, such as inclusive language and MLA style. Students will compose an academic argumentative essay in this course.
Written Academic Discourse (Übung I): Writing and Revising the Essay (LV-Nr. 5250086)
Do 14-16 Uhr, Gruppe 3
Instructor: A. Fausser
This course covers the conventions of academic writing with respect to language as well as structure in a workshop-oriented format that affords students the opportunity to contribute to areas of focus with respect to course content. Academic writing and peer review activities address language use, vocabulary development, linguistic complexity, academic conventions, register, narrowing a topic, argumentation, inclusive language, and MLA style. Students will compose an academic argumentative essay in this course.
Written Academic Discourse (Übung I): Writing Group Project (LV-Nr. 5250086)
Instructor: E. Gibbels
Students who sign up for this course will benefit from working in small groups on their writing. The groups are being set up in week two on the basis of students’ research interests. Attendance in the first two sessions is therefore a pre-requisite for participating. The course covers identifying research materials, quoting correctly as well as organization of an academic essay and adequate writing style.
Written Academic Discourse (Übung 1): Collaborative writing project (LV-Nr. 5250086)
Students will coordinate their topics to write a research paper in a team of two. Topics, materials and teams will be identified in the first few sessions, with later work being organized on a more individual basis, including online work. Because of the set-up of writing in teams, there are limitations to joining the course after week two. The course covers identifying research materials, quoting correctly as well as organization of an academic essay and adequate writing style.
Written Academic Discourse (Übung I): Rhetorical Writing (LV-Nr. 5250086)
Instructor: T. Spray
This course uses the tips and tricks of successful writers to explore the idea of rhetoric: the art of persuasive writing. We will look at a selection of academic and non-academic texts, examining the methods by which the writers appeal to readers, make claims, or support their position. Assessment is through a written opinion essay and a close reading. |
